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Medical Missionary Hospital Hong Kong, 1843–1853; Seamen's Hospital, 1843–1873; Government Civil Hospital, c. 1849 –1937; Sai Ying Pun Hospital 1937–1978; Lock Hospital, 1858–1894 – venereal diseases hospital; Cheung Chau Fong Bin Hospital, 1872–1988; Royal Naval Hospital, 1873–1949; British Military Hospital, Hong Kong, 1907–1996
The hospital's services include a large number of specialties which cover a broad area of medicine. At its height, the hospital carried out 60% of Hong Kong's abortions. [1] HKCH is a member of the Hong Kong Private Hospitals Association.
The hospital is now the largest public hospital in Kowloon. It has 1,906 beds and 13 clinical departments, and a staff force of about 6,850. [2] It serves an effective population of about 900,000 and about one-third of all cancer patients in Hong Kong. It is the largest acute hospital in Hong Kong despite not being a teaching hospital.
Queen Mary Hospital had its foundation stone laid on 10 May 1935 by the governor of Hong Kong, William Peel, and was officially opened on 13 April 1937 by Andrew Caldecott, the then governor of Hong Kong. [4] [5] The hospital was named for Mary of Teck, the widowed queen consort of King George V of the United Kingdom.
Hong Kong has about 1.9 doctors per 1000 people, which is the same ratio as in Taiwan. [10] Of the over 14,600 doctors in Hong Kong, about 60% work in private practice and the remaining 40% work in the public service. [11] The majority of doctors in Hong Kong, graduated from one of the 2 local medical schools.
Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong (formerly Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital) is a private multi-specialty district general hospital in Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong. The 500-bed hospital is a joint venture between Singapore-based Parkway Pantai and Hong Kong-listed NWS Holdings, with The University of Hong Kong being the hospital’s exclusive clinical ...
Funded by the Hong Kong Government, construction of the HK$13 billion hospital began in August 2013. The hospital treats patients with a referral up to 19 years of age. [3] The hospital first focuses on cancer and kidney diseases in the first phase of operation in December 2018. [4]
Hong Kong West Cluster operates the following seven hospitals of various capabilities to provide a range of acute, convalescent, rehabilitation, and infirmary inpatient and ambulatory care services to the public in the areas of Central and Western, and Southern Districts. In mid-2012, the population of the areas was 544,100. [1] Grantham Hospital